Deep Dive Webinar: Engaging Live Online: Session Design Fundamentals
This interactive session shares proven strategies to increase attendance, engagement, and retention in live online learning. Participants will leave with practical, evidence-based techniques they can apply immediately to improve their virtual sessions.
Description
You can't control who turns up to a live online session. Or can you? One simple change before the session even starts, and in our trials 71% of previous non-attenders became regular attendees. 74% turned up actually prepared. 83% arrived with a more positive mindset. And that's before the session itself begins.
Once adult learners are in your online room, the first five minutes do the heavy lifting. We've identified 10 specific moves in that opening window that consistently lift participation from 26% to 92%, and retention of information from 31% to 78%. Same learners, same content, different design.
From there we get into the things educators actually argue about. Cameras on or off, and whether it really changes engagement (it does). How session length quietly shapes what people retain. And the silence puzzle: why capable learners sit there with questions they never ask.
You'll walk away with practical changes you can make before your very next live session. 90 minutes, interactive, built entirely on what's been tested with real adult learners. If you deliver anything live online, come and pull it apart with me.
Topics Covered
- The one change before a session starts that turns non-attenders into regular, prepared attendees
- 10 moves for the first five minutes that lift participation and retention
- Cameras on or off: what the data says about engagement
- How session length shapes what learners retain
- The silence puzzle: why capable learners don't ask their questions
Learning Outcomes
- A simple pre-session strategy to lift attendance, preparation and mindset
- A practical opening sequence they can use in any live online session
- Evidence-based answers to the cameras and session length debates
- Ways to draw out the questions learners are holding back
Audience
- VET teachers
- Trainers & Assessors who deliver live online sessions (Zoom, Teams or similar)
- Learning Designers & Team Leaders
Session includes
- Certificate of Attendance
- Webinar Recording - registered participants will receive 14 days' access to stream the session recording.